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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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